The popular list ranks the world’s largest companies according to revenue, and Apple’s approximately $36.5 billion in 2009 revenue was enough to place the company even one spot ahead of Disney -- the entertainment giant who counts Apple CEO Steve Jobs as its largest individual shareholder.

The top dog in this year’s Fortune 500 list is retail behemoth Wal-Mart, who actually dethroned Exxon Mobil from their lofty throne. The two companies have flip-flopped in the top spot almost every year since Exxon Mobil took the top spot away from General Motors back in 2001.